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Franklin College's education department numbers stay the same, despite rough economy.

Students from 182 of Indiana’s public school districts have moved to private schools under the state’s new education voucher program, although only seven districts lost more than 100 kids.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said in an official but non-binding opinion Thursday that it is unconstitutional for districts to require students to pay fees for bus transportation – even if the schools outsource the service to an outside group or company.

State education officials said Wednesday that more than 300 students Indiana have been named semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Indiana is among a majority of states that don’t require schools to educate students about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but teachers across the state have been tackling the topic anyway.

The state asked a judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s new voucher program, even as the teachers unions that filed it vowed to keep up their fight.

A Marion County judge Monday declined to temporarily block Indiana’s new school voucher law because the teachers union challenging the program is unlikely to prove that the law is unconstitutional. The decision means that more than 2,800 students already approved to receive vouchers can start or continue in private school classes this fall.

A Marion County judge said Thursday he will make a decision about whether Indiana’s ground-breaking school voucher program is constitutional by early next week.

Gov. Mitch Daniels said he’s certain a Marion Superior Court judge will uphold the nation’s broadest state voucher law after a hearing Thursday, despite a challenge from the state’s largest teacher’s union.

With Indiana’s schools on the brink of starting their fall semesters, Senate Education Chairman Dennis Kruse said he’s unsure whether he will try for a fourth time to require all schools start after Labor Day. For the past three legislative sessions, Kruse, R-Auburn, has pushed a bill to require a mandatory school start date in Indiana. But while the Senate has passed the bill, it’s failed to pass the House – under Democrat and Republican control.

INDIANAPOLIS — A legislative committee studying education issues heard 90 minutes of testimony against placing a cap on Indiana superintendents’ salaries – while the proponent of the proposal did not come to advocate for the idea.

Indiana's largest teacher union sues to prevent state's voucher law from taking effect.

The debate over No Child Left Behind divides education leaders and professionals at both the federal and state levels.

Some Indiana private schools say that taking vouchers will mean that they stop being private schools.

INDIANAPOLIS — Two critical pieces of Gov. Mitch Daniels’ education reform plan received final legislative approval Wednesday.

Many Hoosier college students majoring in education say they aren’t happy with a measure moving in the Indiana General Assembly this year that would require first-year teachers to have 60-day probationary contracts.

More than 2000 Indiana teachers swarmed the Statehouse early Tuesday evening to protest the education reform plans that Gov. Mitch Daniels and other Republicans have proposed.

A Senate committee Wednesday approved a bill that would allow charter schools to seize unused public school buildings.

The Indiana House of Representatives Education Committee passed a charter school expansion bill. Party-line voting dominated proposed amendments.

Gov. Mitch Daniels proposed a two-year budget on Thursday that calls for cuts in higher education funding, the elimination of some Medicaid programs and a freeze on spending for other major areas.

Gov. Daniels focuses much of his State of the State speech on education reforms.

Education officials are revamping teacher licensure that has the potential to affect Franklin College education majors.

Concern over a bill that would restructure state funding of adult education programs ended in a narrow 6-4 vote as it passed through the House Education Committee Wednesday.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett's REPA reform is set to take effect this summer. The goal is to get more knowledgable teachers in public-school classrooms.

Vice president for academic affairs Dean Brailow said that, because Franklin is a liberal arts college and already provides a comprehensive education, the REPA proposals will not have as much of an effect on the campus.

Evan talks about watching shows like "Sesame Street" and "Schoolhouse Rock" as a child.

Proposed changes for Indiana teacher licensing requirements could mean changes in college curriculum.